The South western news., 1887-11-30
THE COLUMBUS SOUTHERN.
LOOK OUT FOR THE
e n GIN e w HEN
YOU HEART THE
w HIS T L E
BLOW.
The Museum has Been Set on It's
L'gs Again ard You May Look
Out for the Sh W in a
Few Days.

the news papers. Mr.. J w F
Lowrey, in the last three weeks,
has made two trips 70 Columbus TO
meet with the directors of the Co
lumbus Southern. The last trip,
which was made last week, brought
things to a crisis and the managers
agreed to commence work on the
road by the first of January, if the
right-ot way was guaranteed along
the line. There were only a few
cases in Terrell where owners of
lands refused to grant the right-of>
way, and majority of these live
in Dawson. The City Council met
last Friday and agreed to donate
to the railroad right of way
through the city, and to do this.
they have had to buy four or FIVE
lots through which the road has
been surveyed. However. this has
all been settled, and the Columbus
Southern now hasa route surveyed
and right of way from Columbus
to Albany and dirt will be broken
inside of sixty days.
Some of our people had begun to
grow dispondent and had given up
the idea of having this railroad.
The cry was: "The Central has
scooped our road in its infancy and
it will be a cold day when Dawson
gets a road from that point"
There have been some, however,
who have had faith all the while,
believing that the road would be
built as soon as the right arrange
ments could be made. Mr.. Gunby
Jordan has acted very cautiously,
and has been in no hurry to make
arrangements for the construction
of the road. Some of the new roads
that have recently been built have
been put in the hands of receiver
and Nh. Jordan and the Directors
have tried 10 get such arrrnge-
ments made as would put the Co
lumbus Southern on solid foun~
dation and keep it out OF the hands
Of a receiver.
This then, has been the cause of
the dela?, and the stock holders
along the route should be perfectly
satisfied to get the road built in,
even a year, after it was first
agreed.
the merchants who have taken
stock will have an easy time in
paying their subscription, in as
much as trade will be increased in
the city The trade from the con-
struction gangs will sum up to a
good large amount, and when dis
tributed over the city will help
out considerably.
! From the Columbus Euquirer>
San, of Sunday, we clip the fol>
lowing:
We have never made an an
nouncement that gave us greater
pleasure than the statement we
make to-day that the Columbus
Southern will certainly be built.
Every obstacle in the way of the
road has been removed. The right
OF way has been secured, the mon,
ey is at the disposal If the compa-
ny and the work will be common
ced at once and rapidly pushed for
ward to completion.
The Georgia Midland has Sene.
flied Columbus a great deal. We
have no hesitancy in saying that
the Columbus Southern will bene~
fit our city still more. No road
could be built in any direction
which w0nld extend our trade as
much as this will.
From Columbus to Albany a
distance of about So miles, we will
have almost undisputed control
of the territory. There will be no
other city of half of our population
which viii be near enough to CON
test this field with us. From AL
bany southwark, as far as Thomas
vile, the territory will be nearer
Columbus than Macon or Savan-
nah and the same will be true
of the country'through which the
Brunswick ard Albany road runs
nearly half way to Waycross
TITS will make Columbus the near
est city Of as much as 10000
inhabitants for a territory of 49,
| 600 square miles "a territory from
which we have thus far been re.
mote.
An additional advantage will he
J I'm the connef tion made with Two